Buying a new PC - help please!

[ballboys]

I'm buying my folks a new PC for christmas as their last one has blown up. Looking to spend around £300...

Will I e able to get a good quality one for that and if so where from? Do sales at comet/pc world/currys etc usually start before christmas?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Martinf]

Dell are pretty good. Had mine for over 3yrs and haven't had any probs.

 

[algie]

depends if you want a good graphics card and processor for gaming.If you do then you have no chance with that budget.

 

[Rowdey]

Yes, parents are known for being real gamers..

 

[brakespear]

Yes, parents are known for being real gamers..

 

[highway61]

depends if you want a good graphics card and processor for gaming.If you do then you have no chance with that budget.

Nope, not a gamer, and not overly worried about that element of things

 

[algie]

Just read it again oops.

Still it will be pretty basic at that price.I would go for a amd chip.

 

[king Wombat]

Dell are cheap, but they use poor quality parts. I have a Dell laptop and in under 18 months have had to replace the battery and the power cable. The keyboard has not worn well and I wouldn't buy another one.

Cheap Laptops, Hard Drives, LCD Monitors, TVs, Televisions, Netbooks and more at Ebuyer.com, or dabs.co.uk are not bad places to have a look at online.

I'd recommend they get a system with XP rather than vista operating system. You may get a windows 7 pc but you'll have to search around, and xp is fine for most people.

 

[algie]

Dell are cheap, but they use poor quality parts. I have a Dell laptop and in under 18 months have had to replace the battery and the power cable. The keyboard has not worn well and I wouldn't buy another one.

Cheap Laptops, Hard Drives, LCD Monitors, TVs, Televisions, Netbooks and more at Ebuyer.com, or dabs.co.uk are not bad places to have a look at online.

I'd recommend they get a system with XP rather than vista operating system. You may get a windows 7 pc but you'll have to search around, and xp is fine for most people.

Had a monitor once by Dell and the picture quality was poor compared to others.I don't rate there stuff either.

 

[highway61]

I'm buying my folks a new PC for christmas as their last one has blown up. Looking to spend around £300...

Will I e able to get a good quality one for that and if so where from? Do sales at comet/pc world/currys etc usually start before christmas?

Thanks in advance!

Sorry mate, i just put up similar thread and ended up rplying on the wrong one!!

 

[vegster]

Dell are pretty good. Had mine for over 3yrs and haven't had any probs.

Ditto, But I have had my Dell system for 4 years, running on XP, and its never given problems

 

[Husty]

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